October is Agriculture Month

#OurFoodHasAStory #AgMonth18

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What is Agriculture Month?

Why Ag Month? Agriculture Month is a time to celebrate agriculture and share our stories about food and farming. It is proclaimed annually in Saskatchewan, providing the perfect opportunity for those who grow food, and those who love to eat it, to connect.

Each year, the agriculture industry works together to tell their chapters of the food story through campaigns, events and programming. Through the celebrations, we hope to help people better understand how Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers raise their livestock and grow their crops, while engaging in authentic conversations with people from around the province.

Why do we celebrate?

In Saskatchewan, we have a lot to be proud of. Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers provide the world with plenty of safe, affordable and healthy food. Our scientists develop innovative solutions to meet growing demand for food. And our producers and agribusiness work together to care for the environment we all rely on. Each October, we celebrate these many accomplishments.

Food Stories

Ashlyn George: The Lost Girl’s Guide to Finding the World

Ashlyn George is an award-winning travel writer, former Saskatchewanderer and social media influencer based in Saskatoon. Before the age of 30, she visited more than 60 countries on seven continents while launching her travel blog, The Lost Girl’s Guide to Finding the World. Today, her social media platforms encourage her readers to explore the world around them, both locally and internationallly.

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Kelly and Julie-Anne Howe – Bar Over 3H

Kelly and Julie-Anne ranch with their family south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, where they raise325 purebred Charolais and Red Angus Cattle. The Howes have been breeding Charolais cattle since 1968 and Angus cattle since 1984. Their cattle have been marketed across North America and their genetics sold worldwide. The farm has approximately 1,000 acres of crop land, growing canola, barley, spring wheat and corn for silage as well as 2,400 acres of pasture and grassland. In 2016, Kelly and Julie-Anne started Bar Over 3H Honey, a small-scale apiary with 12 hives on their farm. The bees forage off their canola alfalfa, pasture flora and pollinator-friendly shrubs and trees around the farm.

Kelly grew up on the farm in Moose Jaw showing cattle in 4-H and the Canadian Charolais Youth Association. Julie-Anne grew up in Abbotsford and was a partner in the family dairy farm until 2003. They both attended the University of Saskatchewan’s Agriculture College, where Kelly completed a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science and Julie-Anne earned a Master’s degree in Ruminant Nutrition and Microbiology. Both have worked extensively in the agriculture industry before transitioning to the family farm fulltime. The Howes are passionate about cattle ranching, environmental stewardship and sharing their farm story with the public.

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Renée Kohlman – Sweetsugarbean

Renée Kohlman has been cooking and baking professionally for twenty years. Every day she counts her lucky stars that she’s been able to turn her passion for food into a career she loves. Renée published her best selling debut cookbook All the Sweet Things (TouchWood Editions), in April of 2017 – her proudest professional achievement to date. It has been nominated for a Taste Canada Award in the best single subject category.

When not whipping up delicious treats for her popular food blog Sweetsugarbean, she can be found at her desk (with a cup of tea and a baked good of some sort) writing articles for her columns in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Culinaire Magazine, among others. She is also a busy freelance recipe developer and hopes to one day have a dishwasher in her kitchen.